Karnataka Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on the occasion of World Health Day has taken the step of registering self as an eye donor on Wednesday. He further inspired more number of people to come forward and take the pledge of eye donation. Commemorating World Health Day, a walkathon…
Over 26.68 crore loans worth an amount of RS 14.96 lakh crore has been approved by the banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) after introducing Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), as per the Centre. The Union Finance Ministry released a statement, “Ministry of Finance is committed to provide financial inclusiveness and…
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has introduced an ingenuously built a software for automating the mechanism of protection and translation of Intellectual Property (IP). IISc director, Govindan Rangarajan introduced the software named as ProrIISeTM on Monday. The software was subjected to an intense testing for three years prior to he release, and will be…
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested three individuals on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in setting on fire seven shops being a part of the larger conspiracy adhering to Pakistan’s spy agency ISI for spreading terror by trapping unsuspected petty criminals who direly require money, said the officials. The three of them have been charged…
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) along with the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University of Japan for academic and research cooperation and exchange. As per the official released statement, the MoU which was signed in November 2020, shall facilitate NARL…
The Union Government on Wednesday passed the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme adhering to the air-conditioner and LED light sensors which has an outlay of ₹6,238 crore. In a weekly union cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the proposal was approved. The PLI scheme pertaining to the white goods will be having an incentive…
With the rising Covid-19 cases amid the anticipated second wave of the pandemic, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for initiating the vaccination process for all above the age of 18 years. IMA said, “At present, we are vaccinating the population above 45 years, In view of…
The ‘double mutant’ strain of Covid-19 invoking the current spike of the cases in India has also been detected in the US with the first confirmed infected recorded on Monday. The strain was discovered in a patient who was tested in California-based Stanford Health Care Clinical Virology Laboratory as per the news reports quoting the…
As the election dates come closer, different political parties have the voters ferry from Bengaluru to Kerala, however, with the rising Covid-19 cases, this age-old tradition has been neglected and only a count of 30 buses have left the city with the people ready to cast vote on Tuesday. According to estimated figures, 12 lakh…
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday conducted a meeting with John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for climate and had a discussion over a range of issues which comprises of climate, finance, joint research and collaboration. Post the meeting, Javadekar tweeted, “Had an engaging and fruitful discussion with Mr….
